Editors note: This story has been serialized into six parts which will appear weekly in The Wanderer and at wanderer.com •Click Here to Read Part One •Click Here to Read Part Two •Click Here to Read Part Three By Rudd Wyman Part IV With a failing family business in 1961, the year Margie and I [...] Read more »
Shindig took line honors in the 2013 Marion Bermuda race finishing the 645 nm course off St David’s Lighthouse at 4:55:13 ADT/3:55:13 EDT on Tuesday morning June 18. They were certainly glad to finish first, but sorry not to break the record after such a fast start. “It was brutal,” quipped one of the Shindig crew when asked about [...] Read more »
It was slow going at the end when Shindig took Line Honors in the 2013 Marion Bermuda Race. According to finish line chairman Eugene Rayner, the big blue Andrews 68 finished the 645 nm course at 4:55:13 ADT/3:55:13 EDT on Tuesday morning June 18. Although this looked to be a fast race for the first 48 hours, it [...] Read more »
As predicted late Sunday, the ‘line honor’ leaders hit the wall Monday afternoon. According to the YellowBrick tracker they now seem to be sailing on the wind, on a long port tack to Bermuda. The ‘handicap’ leaders are the smaller boats that have kept the old, reaching breeze longer and made their time [...] Read more »
1600hrs ADT/1500 EDT, June 16, 2013: Little has changed in the race for line honors on the 2nd full day of racing in the 2013 Marion Bermuda Race. It is just wait and see… and enjoy the pink beaches and the bright Bermuda sunshine or a round of golf while you’re at it. Today, the [...] Read more »
Last year was a dud, but this year will be a blast. Marion will have a fireworks display on Saturday, July 6, at dusk on Silvershell Beach. Thanks to the work of a dedicated Fireworks Committee, led by Marion Recreation Director Jody Dickerson and Co-Chairman Donna Hemphill, the group raised just over $40,000. Other Committee [...] Read more »
1500hrs, June 14, 2013: Shindig had a fast start from Marion and carried a record pace for the first 24 hours of the 2013 Marion Bermuda Race. At 68 feet, Shindig was turning the 15-20 knot winds into a 12-knot pace. She was about 400 nautical miles out and just West of the 164º rhumb [...] Read more »
You have to hand it to the seventh-graders who opt out of Old Rochester Regional Junior High School’s Survival Week: They don’t just sit around twiddling their thumbs. ORRJS science teacher Kathy Gauvin heads up the school’s Selected Courses Offered for Personal Enrichment program, which serves as the alternative for students who don’t sign up [...] Read more »
The biannual Marion to Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race is set to start on Friday, June 14, with First Attention Signal scheduled for 11:30 am, preceded by the final days of preparation in Marion. On Thursday, registration runs from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, followed by the Skippers’ Meeting and Weather Briefing at Tabor Academy at [...] Read more »
Editors note: This story has been serialized into six parts which will appear weekly in The Wanderer and at wanderer.com •Click Here to Read Part One •Click Here to Read Part Two By Rudd Wyman Part III Across from Warrens, the Trefrey family summered. Charles ran a successful real estate business in the Boston area [...] Read more »
